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10-20-2017, 07:52 AM( This post was last modified: 10-20-2017, 08:07 AM by epaiva )
The pelages of Tigers showing the variation in stripping pattern a. Sumatra (BMNH 35.4.6.2); specimen score = 10. b. india (BMNH 1983.307); specimen score =6-7. c. Malaya (BMNH 37.1.2.1);specimen score = 10.5. d. Bangladesh (BMNH 1882.12.10.1); specimen score= 7-8. this information corresponds to the first figure.
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The pelages of Tigers from different putative subspecies, which show a stripping pattern characteristic of the Javan tiger a. Bali (BMNH 37.12.1.2); specimen score =8.5 b. Afganistan (BMNH 1886.10.15.1); specimen score = 11. c. India (BMNH 32.3.2.1) specimen score =9-10. d. Java (BMNH 37.12.1.1) specimen score = 9 e. Annan (BMNH 33.4.1.204); specimen score =8 f. Sumatra (BMNH 35.4.6.3); specimen score =9.
Figures and information taken from the book Riding the Tiger (Tiger Conservation in human dominated landscapes) Edited by John Seidensticker, Sarah Christie and Peter Jackson) 1999